Financing July 2019

WU Staff To Get $15-An-Hour Minimum Wage

Washington University in St. Louis will start paying its staff a $15-an-hour minimum wage by 2021; this raise will not include working graduate students.

Financing July 2019

Steve Harvey Helps 8 College Freshmen

Steve Harvey is covering the college costs for eight freshmen at Kent State University. Harvey is known for his work as a comedian, talk show host and as host of “Celebrity Family Feud.”

Financing June 2019

Scholarships For Hispanics And Women In Us

The following are two scholarships: one specifically for encouraging Latinos to pursue a career in STEM and the other from La Unidad Latina Foundation and MPower Financing.

Financing June 2019

Scholarship Honors Shooting Victim

Murray State University’s new Preston Cope Memorial Scholarship honors a 15-year-old boy who was one of two teens killed at Marshall County High School during a school shooting.

Financing June 2019

New Scholarship For Transfer Students

Community college graduates who want to transfer to Union Institute & University have a chance at a $3,000 scholarship.

Financing June 2019

Latest On UNC Schools Tuition Surcharge

A measure that would eliminate the 50% tuition surcharge facing some University of North Carolina system students is now going to Gov. Roy Cooper.

Financing June 2019

UT-Martin Receives $22M For Scholarships

The University of Tennessee-Martin has received the largest gift in the campus’s history: $22 million. The money will go towards scholarships.

Financing June 2019

8 UMass Students Awarded $5K Scholarships

The James J. Karam Scholarship Fund has awarded eight UMass students $5,000 in scholarships. Scholarships are based on financial need and academic performance.

Financing June 2019

UI Team Wins $115M 'Space Weather' Grant

NASA has awarded a $115 million grant to a team from the University of Iowa. The grant is to fund developing satellites for studying radiation created by the sun.

Financing June 2019

New Scholarship Honors Anthony Bourdain

The Culinary Institute of America and Chefs Eric Ripert & José Andrés are honoring Anthony Bourdain with a new scholarship. The announcement comes days before Bourdain’s birthday.

Financing June 2019

Tuition Hikes For Nebraska Colleges

The three colleges in the Nebraska State College System are going to have tuition increases for the next two years.

Financing June 2019

US CEO Hands Oxford University $189M

Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, has donated 150 million pounds ($188.6 million) to Oxford University. Donation will fund the university’s AI studies.